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| Economix Blog How the Furloughed Will Be Counted | | | Federal workers hit by the shutdown will be counted as employed in one Labor Department survey and unemployed in another, meaning a possible impact on the jobless rate but not the job growth figure. |
| Gazan students create energy-saving hospital cleaning device | | | Oct. 23 - Engineering students in Gaza have designed a prototype ozone gas generator to sterilise hospital rooms, a difficult task in a country living with economic sanctions imposed by the surrounding state of Israel. Their device activates oxygen and transforms it into ozone gas by using an electric charge of 80,000 volts. Jim Drury reports. |
| New Mexico high court hears same-sex marriage arguments | | | SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - The New Mexico Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to wed in a state where such unions are, for the time being, neither expressly recognized nor prohibited by law. |
| Why Goldman's board falls short - Felix TV | | | The Goldman Sachs board of directors is supposed to keep management in check, but Reuters' blogger Felix Salmon says it is stacked with company insiders, conflicting interests and inexperience. (October 15, 2012) |
| Massachusetts teacher found dead | | | Oct. 23 - A 24-year-old high school teacher is the apparent victim of a homicide and a 14-year-old student is charged with her death. Sarah Irwin reports. |
| Why make 'Blackfish?' | | | "At some point you're simply compelled, in spite of yourself, to tell a story that needs to be told." |
| India's obsession with lighter skin | | | In India, many women are obsessed with lightening their skin. CNN writer Moni Basu recalls her own family's pressures to not get "too dark." |
| Bayer Leverkusen's 'ghost' goal | | | When he digests all the evidence, referee Felix Brych -- who is also a lawyer -- will probably admit he got things wrong in a Bundesliga football game Friday. |
| Mountain mirrors to bring light to dark Norwegian town | | | Oct. 22 - Three giant mirrors have been erected on a mountainside in Norway, to bring much needed sunlight to residents of a small town. The town is situated at the bottom of a narrow valley where the sun doesn't shine during the long Nordic winter, but its hoped the mirrors will change all that and bring its residents out of the shade and into the light. Jim Drury reports. |
| U.S. cattle prices set more records as supply shrinks | | | By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Slaughter cattle in Texas and Kansas set the highest price on record Wednesday when they traded at mostly $132 per hundredweight, the result of a smaller herd and rising beef prices, analysts and economists said. Cattle prices have been trending higher for several years as droughts and high feed prices have caused producers to pare herds. The $132 paid by beef packers on Wednesday compares with the previous record of $130 during the week e |
| Symantec's revenue falls, shares slump | | | Oct 23 (Reuters) - Symantec Corp, the maker of Norton anti-virus software, reported a 3.5 percent drop in revenue as demand fell for its storage, server management and security products. |
| Zimmer plays piano of the future | | | Hans Zimmer, the creative force behind some of Hollywood's best loved film music, including the Oscar-winning Lion King score, adjusts his chair in front of a sleek black instrument that looks something like the control panel of a stealth bomber. |
| Court to decide if Detroit really is broke | | | DETROIT, Oct 23 (Reuters) - In a federal court building in downtown Detroit, beginning on Wednesday morning, the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history comes down to a single question... |
| Fukushima workers cry foul | | | Workers at Japan's Daichi nuclear plant make claims of low wages and unsafe conditions. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports. |
| Fodor's 100 Hotel Award winners | | | Whether you're seeking a blissful beach retreat, a funky conversion or the perfect exotic hideaway, there's a hotel for nearly everyone on the third annual Fodor's 100 Hotel Awards, released Friday. |
| How Tehran got back to talking | | | The long-icy relations between Iran and the U.S. began to thaw almost as soon as Hassan Rouhani, Iran's new president, assumed office. |
| Fusing Teams as Never Before | | | Shahid Khan, the owner of Fulham Football Club and the Jacksonville Jaguars, has plans to integrate his teams in ways no other owner has done. |
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